November 25, 2011

Here's a list of planned features for SuperTuxKart version 0.8 and beyond (0.8.1, 0.8.2). This may not be a complete list (it's based on the milestones page), and plans might change later on, but these are some of the main goals:

Improve physics (skidding, pushing other karts aside)

Career mode and/or different difficulties for challenges

Eye candy (light effects, light maps, normal maps)

Game replay

Ghost races

Reverse tracks

Online highscore lists

Only some of this will be ready for 0.8, while others will come in subsequent "minor" releases. Also, a release might be done even if not all the features are met, while other times features might come in earlier than anticipated. So these are the main goals, but they are not 100% set in stone: other things might be added, or some of this might get postponed.

Some of this are already in the works. Improved physics is the most important feature for 0.8, and hiker has already started on it. Meanwhile, Auria has added normal map support, so for track makers this is a feature to consider.

We do not know when we will be ready for a release, but as a rough, unfounded guesstimate, maybe we'll see the 0.8 release 6-12 months from now on, give or take a few decades. ;)

What we do know, is that we'd love to see more people join in on this project in any area they are interested in. So if you want to help out with your skills, please get in touch and we'll try to get you started. :)

November 14, 2011

4 months after SuperTuxKart 0.7.2, 128 tickets later and a truckload of changes, we are proud to present the latest and greatest version, SuperTuxKart 0.7.3. The big surprise is the very late-minute inclusion of the very beautiful Minigolf track by Mac, thanks for the contribution! (Don't let its childish look trick you however as it is a very challenging track :)

The biggest changes since 0.7.2 include :

New Minigolf track

New Zen Garden track

New Subsea track

New Island battle arena

New Suzanne kart

New graphical effects

New weapons 'Swatter' and 'Rubber Ball'

Added Thunderbird as race referee

3 Strikes Battles now displays lives as spare tires

Improved bubble gum

See progression during Grand Prix

Improve physics for tall karts (e.g. Adiumy)

Lots of bug fixes

Improved kart control at high speeds

Better placement of rescued karts

Transition track-making to blender 2.5/2.6

So now head to our downloads page, enjoy and give us a lot of feedback on the forum!